Forms for respective IRC/SBR applications are available in the Download Area. Please download the form, complete it and return it to ircsbr@sailing.org.hk for processing.
Since1 July 2005, RORC has changed its IRC administration system and requires that new applications for IRC Certificates will have to be submitted in EXCEL file electronically, i.e. by email only. New applications submitted in any other way will not normally be accepted and will not be able to enjoy the 5% discount on fees which the HKSF offers. For enquiry, you may either email us or call us at 25048159. Details of the IRC/SBR Rules 2009, are also available at the RORC website www.ircrating.org.
Application for 2010 IRC Certificates
The application for 2010 IRC certificates is now open. If you wish to have your 2010 certificate by 1st June 2010, please submit your application to ircsbr@sailing.org.hk on or before 19th May 2010 for processing. Any application receives after 19th May 2010 and is needed for the 1st June 2010 will need to be expedited.
IMPORTANT NOTE:
Attention is drawn to: rules 22.2.2 (standard furniture removal) and 21.2 (rig/sail features). Any declarations should be made on the revalidation form or on a separate sheet/e-mail.
If your boat is rated with default sized mainsail widths (MUW, MTW, MHW) we strongly recommend that these are checked and advised at the time of revalidation in the Changes box. See Rule 21.5.4 regarding minimum sizes.
If you are a new owner, please check the last valid certificate carefully, since you are now responsible for the accuracy of the data and information. Check particularly specific items like the sail configuration, internal ballast, stored power etc. to ensure the boat is still in the same configuration.
Remember that if your last certificate was Endorsed and you wish to retain this, any change to data must be officially measured or weighed; or in the case of sails, verified by the sailmaker. For GBR boats: please contact the RORC Rating Office to arrange this.
Please note that the Rating Authority reserves the right to request photographs or drawings if necessary.
If there are any changes to the hull, keel or rudder, we will require photographs or drawings so please send these with your application to save time.
REVALIDATION QUESTIONS 2010 – Notes for questions:
2. Stored power was not previously taken into account for halyards. Rule 14.2 has been altered so that ONLY mainsail halyards are excluded. Therefore if you use stored power to hoist headsails or spinnakers this must be declared. The rating now differentiates between powered backstays only, and other powered running rigging.
3. There has been some confusion over whether whisker pole has to be declared or not. Rule 21.3.4 has been made clearer and we need to know whether you use a whisker pole to pole out a headsail ONLY (ie. not a spinnaker).
4. Keel fin material options have been expanded on the new application form and this question is to ensure your certificate is correct. The relevant IRC Rule is 19.2:
Any keel fin fairings with a nominal density, including any cavities and/or core material, significantly lower than the main structural elements of the keel fin shall be declared. For the purpose of this rule, a keel fin fairing does not include surface fairing, filling and painting materials up to a total thickness of 10 mm, measured normal to the local surface of the keel fin.
5. Hull hollows